Literature-In-English Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.

• Question 201:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  '....One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs knock one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end.'

  On what occasion do these lines occur in the novel?

  Options:
  A) At the burial ceremony of Ramatoulaye's husband
  B) After the confession of Ramatoulaye's daughter, that she was pregnant
  C) When Ramatoulaye was learning to drive the Flat 125
  D) When Ramatoulaye saw her mother sick in bed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 202:

  This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  Titubi's experience at the peasants' camp is narrated through a dramatic technique called

  Options:
  A) reflection
  B) projection
  C) dramatic irony
  D) flashback
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 203: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.In the play, Mercutio can be described as Options:
  A) fraudulent
  B) gentle
  C) kind-hearted
  D) quarellsome
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 204: This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ” In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are Options:
  A) lascivious
  B) petty
  C) pretentious
  D) thieves
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 205: This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.Brigadier General Johnson's plan to assassinate President Monye is revealed to Options:
  A) Biola Denji
  B) the SAB superior
  C) the President's ADC
  D) a friend
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 206:
  From the novel; Morountodun

  This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  The stage direction at the end of the play reveals

  Options:
  A) the actors in a changing room
  B) Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
  C) Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
  D) the Director making a farewell speech
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 207:
  From the novel; Othello

  Iago's hatred for Othello is deep rooted because__________

  Options:
  A) he accused Othello of stealing
  B) he loves Desdemona who is married to Othello
  C) Othello is a better warrior that he is
  D) Othello didn't make him the Lieutenant
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 208:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The three main unities in drama are those of

  Options:
  A) action, time and place
  B) time, space and action
  C) place, time and space
  D) space, action and time
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 209:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child

  The friendship between Laye and Marie lasted because

  Options:
  A) they were schoolmates
  B) they had mutual respect for each other
  C) his uncle approved of her
  D) Marie was a beautiful girl
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 210:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of

  Options:
  A) ambiguity
  B) anecdotes
  C) prologue
  D) suspense
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  The correct answer is D .